Judge refuses order to remove seals on Amusement machines
“Amusement machines” and “Gaming machines” are two different things and as such they cannot be assimilated as same in a game house under the provision of the Gambling Regulatory Authority Act.
View ArticleJeetun loses twice in a case of property ownership
The appeal Court having on the bench the Chief Justice, Keshoe Parsad Matadeen and Justice A.R. Hajee Abdoula, has upheld the ruling of the trial Court confirming that J. Joye is the true and...
View ArticleBenefit of doubt to Brutus sued twice for abusing minor
Magistrate Wendy V. Rangan sitting at the Intermediate Criminal Court has recently acquitted Louis Marcus Brutus with the offence of sexual intercourse with a minor under the age of 16 under two...
View ArticleKullootee obtains severance allowance at normal rate against SBI for summary...
The Industrial Court Civil Division having on the bench Magistrate Patrick Kam Sing has, last week, awarded to Rejhesh Kullootee, former Assistant Manager at the SBI International (Mauritius) Ltd,...
View ArticleSMS Pariaz successful on appeal
The appeal Court having on the bench Justices Saheeda Peeroo and David Chan Kan Cheong has this week annulled the Rs 2,000 fine inflicted by the District Court of Rose-Hill (Moka Division) to SMS...
View ArticleCase non-suited: Plaintiff wrongly directed claim
The Commercial Division of the Supreme Court, having on the bench Justice Gérard Angoh, has non-suited the claim of Hassen Taher Seafoods Mauritius Ltd for the sum of Rs 862,858.00 against Compagnie...
View ArticleDisciplinary proceedings against barrister Teeluckdharry to continue
The disciplinary proceedings against barrister Mr Kalidass Sanjeev Teeluckdharry before the Supreme Court have not been struck out following a motion entered by the latter’s counsel moving that the...
View ArticleLacharmante and Raphael jailed for drug importation
Maie Cora Claudia Lacharmante and Véronique Géraldine Raphael, who each stood charged under one count of information with the offence of wilfully, unlawfully and knowingly possessing dangerous drugs...
View ArticleNo confusion between XIA clothes and XIA foods, rules Judge
There can be no confusion in the public mind between the trademark XIA used by the plaintiff, Smart for Success Ltd, for its garments put on sale in its shop at La Mivoie, Black River, and the...
View ArticleDCL to pay ICTA Rs 20 million
The Commercial Division of the Supreme Court having on the bench the Acting Chief Justice, Paul Lam Shang Leen, has last week ordered Data Communication Ltd to pay to the Information and Communication...
View ArticleMagistrate non-suits plaint for damages
Acting Magistrate Mrs S.D. Bonomally, sitting at the Intermediate Civil Court has last week, non-suited the plaint with summons lodged by Vinod Heerooa claiming Rs 300,000 against Geeanduth Subhagahir...
View ArticleTeenager refused bail in sequestration case
The Bail and Remand Court, having on the Bench the Acting Senior magistrate Padmini D. Mauree has last week refused the release of a teenager who is being sued for alleged sequestration of a...
View ArticleSentence for corrupt Customs : Officer upheld on appeal
The Court of Criminal Appeal having on the bench Justices Ashraf Caunhye and Nirmal Devat has, last week, upheld the judgment of the intermediate Court convicting the appellant Amber Kumar Joymungul to...
View ArticleCourt decrees Angteeah as lawful owner of lease
In a judgment delivered last week, Justice Saheed Bhaukaurally, sitting at the Supreme Court, has decreed that the plaintiff, Maya Devi Angteeah, a Mauritian citizen married to a French national, is...
View ArticleCourt refuses to award any cent to ISM Ltd
ISM Ltd will have not even a cent for the damages it has claimed from Palco Waterproofing Ltd and La Prudence Mauricienne Assurance Ltée.
View ArticleAppeal Court upholds sentence for mortal aggression of P.C. Darga
Justices Ashraf Caunhye and Prithiviraj Fekna, sitting on appeal have last week dismissed the appeal lodged by R. Reedoo and upheld the judgment of the Intermediate Court convicting the appellant to 5...
View ArticlePlaintiff and defendant to compensate each other
Visionphone Contractor Ltd and Telecommunication Consultants India Ltd will have to compensate each other following a judgment delivered last week by Justice Abdulraffick Hamuth sitting at the Supreme...
View ArticleGovernment and Man Hin Bros lose against Board of Assessment
The sale price of a portion of land of an extent of 97 square metres situated at Camp Benoît, Petite Rivière, acquired by the Ministry of Housing and Lands under compulsory acquisition from the...
View ArticleIndustrial Court rejects application for new
Magistrate Patrick Kam Sing, the President of the Industrial Court, has last week rejected the application for new trial lodged by the defendant, Family World Ltd, against Pak Kian Lee Fong, the...
View ArticleICAC ex-Deputy Chief loses damages claim
In a judgment delivered last week, Justice Nirmala Devat, sitting at the Supreme Court, has dismissed with costs the plaint for damages to the tune of Rs 100 million entered by Gérard Bisasur, the...
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